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Baby Caleb

Dear All,

Trust that you have been well. It has been sometime since we gave an update on baby Caleb but for the past few weeks also due to the cold weather, Caleb has been ailing and had been having infections, not feeding, vomiting and high fevers. On Friday afternoon ,17th August 2012, baby Caleb passed  while at the doctor's office.

The funeral is scheduled for Tuesday the 21st August either at Ruiru or Langata. We continue to stand with the family during this time.

I once again would like to say a big thank you  all for standing with us through this journey. We can choose to pick the lessons we learned through Caleb's experience about God's awesomeness, faithfulness, provision instead of questioning why which in our humaness we do.

There is a time for everything and it has come to Caleb's time to rest.

God bless you all.

Sylvia

Comments

waitingarms said…
I feel really sad about Caleb and cannot even begin to imagine what his parents are going through. Thank you for your continuing to stand alongside the family during this incredibly difficult time. His story touched me deeply though I never met him and I know you must be going through a tough time too because you put in tears, prayers, time and resources to get him the medical care he needed. May we hug our kids a little tighter and let go of the things without any eternal significance.
20 August 2012 at 05:31
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